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THE FAKEABILITY OF THE SURVEY OF OPINIONS ABOUT EDUCATION
Author(s) -
WARD J.,
RUSHTON J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1973.tb00742.x
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , maturity (psychological) , naturalism , significant difference , developmental psychology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , communication
S ummary . The Survey of Opinions about Education was administered to four groups of student teachers (N=240). In completing the questionnaire a second time subjects were asked to fake the responses in accordance with those of an ‘ideal’ student on the colleges' education courses. This resulted in increased mean Radicalism scores and decreased mean Tendermindedness Scores. A sex difference was evident in students' interpretation of faking the Naturalism scale. Otherwise sex and maturity of the student did not significantly affect the extent of the induced changes in responses.